Collocations for lie - noun
ADJECTIVE
big,
big fat (informal),
great,
monstrous
He told a big fat lie!
He told a big fat lie!
little
absolute, complete, downright, flat-out (AmE), outright, total
That's a downright lie!
absolute, complete, downright, flat-out (AmE), outright, total
That's a downright lie!
little white,
white
A little white lie is surely excusable.
A little white lie is surely excusable.
deliberate
bald-faced (AmE), barefaced, blatant, obvious, transparent
elaborate
a web of elaborate lies
bald-faced (AmE), barefaced, blatant, obvious, transparent
elaborate
a web of elaborate lies
outrageous
vicious
vicious
VERB + lie
be
That's a lie—I never said that!
That's a lie—I never said that!
tell (sb)
believe, swallow
How could she swallow such a blatant lie?
believe, swallow
How could she swallow such a blatant lie?
expose
live
He lived a lie for thirty years, ‘married’ to two women.
live
He lived a lie for thirty years, ‘married’ to two women.
PHRASES
a pack of lies,
a tissue of lies,
a web of lies
give the lie to sth, put the lie to sth (= prove that something is not true)
spread lies (about sb)
give the lie to sth, put the lie to sth (= prove that something is not true)
spread lies (about sb)